Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Riot Platforms Inc shares valued at $1,512,000 were sold by Les Jason on Jul 21 ’25. At $15.12 per share, Les Jason sold 100,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 919,911 shares worth approximately $12.69 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Jason Les purchased 100,000 shares, netting a total of over 1,386,000 in proceeds.
Before that, Werner Ryan D. had sold 3,747 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $44,514, the SVP, CAO traded Riot Platforms Inc shares for $11.88 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 3,747 shares, worth approximately $11.56 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Citigroup on August 06, 2025, Riot Platforms Inc [RIOT] has been a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $13.75. Analysts at JP Morgan downgraded the stock from ‘”an Overweight”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in late July. As of January 08, 2025, Keefe Bruyette has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for RIOT. Earlier on December 17, 2024, Piper Sandler initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for RIOT stock.
Analyzing RIOT Stock Performance
On last trading session, Riot Platforms Inc [NASDAQ: RIOT] rose 1.85% to $13.8. The stock’s lowest price that day was $13.64, but it reached a high of $14.17 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 12.47%. Over the course of the year, Riot Platforms Inc shares have jumped approximately 65.07%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $15.34 on 07/21/25 and a 52-week low of $6.19 on 04/17/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Riot Platforms Inc (RIOT)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 13.57, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 13.34. In the upper region, resistance lies at 14.10. The next price resistance is at 14.40. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 61.58 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Riot Platforms Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Riot Platforms Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-15 dropping by -7.83 million shares to 75.35 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 83.18 million shares. A decline of -10.39% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.91 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.91.
Which companies own the most shares of Riot Platforms Inc (RIOT)?
In terms of Riot Platforms Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 20 in the next 12 months, up nearly 47.6% from the previous closing price of $13.55. Analysts anticipate Riot Platforms Inc stock to reach 20 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 20. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Riot Platforms Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On September 25, 2024, Macquarie assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $15.
